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Conference Announcement Theme: Cultural and Religious Wisdom Type: International Seminar Institution: Universiti Islam Malaysia (UIM) Location: Cyberjaya, Selangor (Malaysia) Date: 27.–28.9.2016 __________________________________________________ This Seminar will focus on Wisdom in the Thoughts, Words and Actions of People in the East: - East Asia (Japan, China and Korea) - Pacific Islands (Polynesian, Marquesan, Melanesian Islands) - Southeast Asia (Mainland and Insular) - South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives) - West Asia/Middle East Wisdom from the major religions, belief systems and faiths of the world: - Judaism (ancient Hebrew, the natural wisdom in the Hebrew Bible, sacred text the Torah, The Ten Commandments, Israel’s wisdom literature) - Christianity (the Bible – the biblical proverbs, Jesus and his sayings, the New Testament) - Islam (The Qur'an, Prophet Muhammad and his Hadiths; early Muslim scholars, the concept of the Qur’anic Hikmah) - The wisdom of Confucius - Hindu Wisdom - Buddhist Wisdom - Wisdom in Taoism Programme Tuesday, 27th September 2016 7:30-9:00 Arrival of Guests and Registration 9:00-10:00 Opening Ceremony Al-Qur'an Recitation and Du'a Welcoming Remarks Mohd Yusof Noor President of Universiti Islam Malaysia Opening Speech Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi Former Prime Minister of Malaysia 10:30-13:00 Special Presentations Wisdom from the "Heart" – Its Implication in Education Dzulkifli Abdul Razak (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia) The Role of Wisdom in the Modern World Ahmed Keeler (University of Cambridge / Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia) Interrogating Universal and Timeless Myths: The Quest for Relevant and Meaningful Cultural Wisdom Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid (IAB GLOBAL) 14:30-17:00 Concurrent Sessions Session I: Wisdom in Comparative Religion Session II: Wisdom in Literature Session III: Wisdom in Al-Quran and Al-Sunnah (1) Session IV: Wisdom in Various Religions of the World (1) Wednesday, 28th September 2016 8:30-10:30 Concurrent Sessions Session V: Wisdom in Culture and Leadership Session VI: Wisdom in the Stories of Prophet Sulaiman and Luqman Al-Hakim in Al-Quran Session VII: Wisdom in Tasawwuf/Sufism 11:00-13:00 Concurrent Sessions Session VIII: Wisdom in Islam Session IX: Wisdom in Al-Quran and Al-Sunnah (2) Session X: Wisdom in Various Religions of the World (2) 14:30-17:00 Plenary Session Wisdom, World Views and World Politics: The Inventing and Reinventing of International Relations Theories Mohamed Abu Bakar University of Malaysia Theological Perspective on the Qur'anic Conception of Hikmah: The View of Fakhr Al-Din Razi Based on his Al-Tafsir Al-Kabir Mohd Farid Mohd Shahran Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia Kebijaksanaan Ilmuan Melayu di Rumpun Melayu: Kajian Terhadap Karya Ali Haji di Kepulauan Riau Abdul Latiff Abu Bakar Universiti Islam Malaysia Ab. Malik Abd. Mutalib Universiti Maritim Raja Ali Haji Humanity at the Crossroads: Survival through the Collective Wisdom of Mankind and the Special Contributions of Islam Muddathir Abdel-Rahim Eltayeb Universiti Islam Malaysia 17:00-18:00 Closing Ceremony Venue Auditorium, Level 7, Universiti Islam Malaysia (UIM) Blok I, Bangunan MKN Embassy Techzone, Jalan Teknokrat 2 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor Malaysia Conference Languages - English - Malay - Arabic Registration For registration, please refer to UIM website: http://www.uim.edu.my/isw Contact: Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid Abdullah Universiti Islam Malaysia Block I, Bangunan MKN Embassy Techzone Jalan Teknokrat 2 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia Tel: +603 8324 6680 Fax: +603 8324 6600 Email: hamidwis...@uim.edu.my Web: http://www.uim.edu.my/isw __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
